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| Year: | 1785 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Short description: | Grose's 'Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue' | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium description: | Francis Grose, born c 1731 died 1791, produced his dictionary of slang, cant and dialect from a number of earlier sources and his own literature research. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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- Burchfield, R. (2002). The English Language. New York: Oxford University Press [p.135]
- Coleman, Julie (2004). A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries Volume II 1785-1858. New York: Oxford University Press [p.11]
- Piercy, Joseph (2012). The Story of English: How an Obscure Dialect Became the World's Most-Spoken Language. London: Michael O'Mara Books Limited [p.170]